BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 28. Eight standing
committees have been established in Kazakhstan's Kurultai.
This was announced in a statement published by the press service
of Kazakhstan's Kurultai.
According to the information, the committees will be chaired
by:
Serik Egizbayev - Committee on Agrarian Issues, Ecology and
Natural Resources;
Unzila Shapak - Committee on Constitutional Legislation,
Judicial System and Law Enforcement Agencies;
Marat Kozhayev - Committee on International Affairs, Defense and
Security;
Amirbek Ospanbekov - Committee on Regional and Infrastructure
Development;
Askhat Aimagambetov - Committee on Social and Cultural
Development;
Olga Perepechina - Committee on Finance and Budget;
Darkhan Akhmediev - Committee on Digitalization, Innovation and
Science;
Natalya Godunova - Committee on Economic Policy, Industry and
Energy.
Aibek Dadebay was elected Chairman of the Kurultai of the first
convocation. Nurlan Beknazarov, Daniya Espayeva and Dinara Zakieva
were elected his deputies.
The Kurultai is Kazakhstan's new unicameral parliament,
established following the country's constitutional reform.
Elections to the Kurultai were held in Kazakhstan on August 23.
According to the Central Election Commission, 12,623,289 voters
were registered, of whom 9,351,539, or 74.08%, took part in the
elections.
